Then, you probably won't need bridge compatibility. --Justin
On Dec 10, 2012, at 12:57 AM, Umair Hoodbhoy <umairhoodb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks. So would OVS 1.4.0 (Ubuntu package) require ovs-brcompat to be > installed? My goal is to implement VLAN Configuration as per the Cookbook on > the website. > > > -- Umair > > > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Justin Pettit <jpet...@nicira.com> wrote: > On Dec 10, 2012, at 12:22 AM, Umair Hoodbhoy <umairhoodb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Does this mean that if you do *not* have Linux 3.3 or later (e.g. you have > > 3.2), then you don't need ovs-brcompatd? > > It's simply stating that bridge compatibility will not work with the upstream > kernel module. > > > Also, under which circumstances would someone not need bridge compatibility > > in an OVS world? > > The only reason to use bridge compatibility is if you have integration > scripts that are expecting to interact with the Linux bridge. OVS is widely > supported enough that that's generally not need any more. In fact, the next > version of OVS will likely drop bridge compatibility completely. > > --Justin > > > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
